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TopicRupee devaluation

Topic: Rupee devaluation

Why RBI’s regulatory intervention is the wrong way to defend the rupee

Viewed individually, each such intervention may appear to be a technical measure. Viewed together, they create four distinct and serious problems.

The rupee’s decline is part of the solution, not the problem

The govt's appeal to spend fewer dollars is well-intentioned, but voluntary behavioural change is uncertain. A weaker rupee achieves the same outcome automatically and faster.

Why Pakistan rupee depreciated dramatically under caretaker PM’s first 3 weeks in power

The currency has lost about 6% of its value against the dollar in the first three weeks of Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar’s tenure, as he faces economic challenges and IMF terms.

Don’t blame Nirmala Sitharaman. India has a historical obsession with rupee value

During colonial rule, the British maintained an overvalued rupee, which essentially served London’s interests but had detrimental effects on the Indian economy.

On Camera

Vijay has opened Tamil Nadu politics to a new breed of cinema heroes

Six heroes are jumping into political fortunes, not just one. Vijay has shown it works — and Stalin, EPS, and their cadres are watching the ground shift under them.

Global oil stockpiles ‘scarily thin’, markets at risk of worsening, says Aramco CEO

Even after the vital shipping chokepoint at Hormuz reopens, it may take as long as two years for energy-consuming countries to replenish their stockpiles, CEO Amin Nasser said.

Twist in Vizag spy racket case: Pakistani women operatives, social media avatars, honey-trapped navymen

Busting espionage ring targeting Eastern Naval Command leads investigators into honeytrap web across social media platforms; Navy personnel snared by Pakistani woman operatives.

India has always been a hard state under Gandhian cover. Nehru to Modi, leaders have reinforced it

Modern India might have been conjured up in the image of Gandhi. But India was never a Gandhian state. Founders of the Republic, be it Nehru or Patel, nursed zero such notions.